With Mark Trumbo rejoining the Orioles after one game at Double-A Bowie, his rehab assignment is now delayed but not denied. He's going to report to an affiliate at a later date. Trumbo served as the designated hitter last night with the Baysox while recovering from a Grade 2 strain of his right quadriceps muscle. The discomfort didn't return last night, but Trumbo apparently isn't ready to go at full speed and risk a blowout. The Orioles will take Trumbo to Boston and monitor his...

It came in a 5-3, 12-inning loss to his former team, but Matt Adams' dramatic game-tying solo homer against the Braves with one out in the bottom of the ninth was a very big deal. "It felt good. It was a big-time moment," Adams said. "I'm the type of guy, I want to do whatever it is, whether it's that, a walk, get on base, keep the line moving. This team has got a lot of great guys on it. Just to keep the line moving is an important part. Like you guys saw today, we keep fighting until...

Mark Trumbo is in the Orioles' clubhouse this afternoon and the Orioles have halted his rehab assignment with Double-A Bowie. Manager Buck Showalter said Trumbo didn't experience a setback. This is done more as a precaution. "Just talking with him and the trainers, he's at 36 days and he's actually a little ahead of things, so we're going to slow that down a little bit," Showalter said. "He just felt like last night, he just didn't feel like pushing it. Thought he still wasn't...

They got the start they needed from A.J. Cole. They got the big blast they needed from Matt Adams to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth. And they got the clutch hit they needed from Howie Kendrick to keep the game going in the bottom of the 11th. But the Nationals bullpen could not post a zero when the club most needed one in extra innings, and so a wild Wednesday matinee on South Capitol Street ended in frustrating fashion for the home club, which suffered a 5-3 loss in 12 innings and...

BOWIE, Md. - Today Alex Cobb took the mound in an empty ballpark at Double-A Bowie. It was one last bullpen session before the season begins for the new Orioles right-hander. But it will be very different Saturday. He'll take the mound in Fenway Park, most likely in a packed stadium and in a much different atmosphere, and face the current American League East-leading Boston Red Sox for his Orioles debut. Signed by the O's to a four-year deal worth $57 million with deferrals on March 21,...

Chance Sisco is behind the plate again tonight as the Orioles try to avoid being swept by the Blue Jays at Camden Yards. Sisco also caught last night. Craig Gentry is in right field. Jonathan Schoop continues to bat third while battling a slump that's lowered his average to .189. He has 10 hits on the season, but seven of them came in Houston and he's 0-for-13 with seven strikeouts with runners in scoring position. Tim Beckham has reached base safely in eight straight games and scored six...

Right-hander A.J. Cole allowed a home run on the fourth pitch of the game. Ozzie Albies hit a solo homer over the right-center field wall to give Atlanta the early lead. Coming off an April 3 start in Atlanta in which he allowed 10 runs on 10 hits, there was cause for concern that a game like that was in the offing. After that, Cole settled down and retired 8 of the next 9 batters he faced. The Nationals were the victim of double plays in the first and second frames. It marked only the third...

The Nationals announced before Wednesday's series finale against the Braves that they have placed outfielder Adam Eaton on the 10-day disabled list and purchased the contract of outfielder Moisés Sierra from Triple-A Syracuse. Eaton has a bone bruise in his left ankle. Manager Davey Martinez said the Nats will operate very carefully with Eaton due to his injury history. "I think for the most part we are going to be very, very cautious," Martinez said. "One is, it's the ankle he hurt...

Matt Wieters is back on the Nationals' active roster. That doesn't necessarily mean he's back as their unquestioned No. 1 catcher. The Nationals activated Wieters off the 10-day disabled list this morning, but also made the mildly surprising decision to designate veteran Miguel Montero for assignment and keep 24-year-old Pedro Severino in the big leagues, where he'll continue to get significant playing time. Wieters, who had been out since April 1 with a mild left oblique strain, caught...

The Orioles are prepared to make a roster move for the fifth day in a row and this one involves a utility infielder. Engelb Vielma isn't in Triple-A Norfolk's lineup this afternoon and I'm hearing that he's headed to Baltimore. The club hasn't announced it. Vielma, 23, is on the 40-man roster after the Orioles acquired him from the Giants on Jan 26 for a player to be named or cash. He had a busy offseason going from the Twins to the Giants to the Phillies to the Pirates and back to the...